Valery Zorkin
President of the Constitutional Court of Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievich and the family name is Zorkin.
Valery Dmitrievich Zorkin (Russian: Вале́рий Дми́триевич Зо́рькин; born 18 February 1943) is a Russian jurist serving as the 4th and current President of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. He also served as the 1st President of the Constitutional Court in 1991-1993.
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Valery Zorkin | |
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Валерий Зорькин | |
President of the Constitutional Court of Russia | |
Assumed office 21 February 2003 | |
President | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Marat Baglai |
In office 29 October 1991 – 6 October 1993 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Nikolay Vitruk (acting) Vladimir Tumanov |
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Russia | |
Assumed office 29 October 1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1943-02-18) 18 February 1943 (age 81) Konstantinovka, Primorsky Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1970–1991) |
Alma mater | Moscow State University (Faculty of Law) |
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As of 2024, Zorkin is the oldest high-ranking officeholder in Russia.[1]